The Big I:3 D Printing By MakerBots, Thing-O-Matic, You Can Now Print Out Your Blue Print In Full Three Dimensions.

MakerBots Flagship Thing-O-Matic.

Quick Overview

The MakerBot Thing-O-Matic 3D Printer kit you assemble to create the latest in cutting edge personal manufacturing technology.

 

Product Description

 

The MakerBot Thing-O-Matic 3D printer is a breakthrough in 3D printing technology. We've named it the Thing-O-Matic because it is an automatic 3D printer. All other 3D printers can only do one thing at a time while the MakerBot Thing-O-Matic 3D printer prints thing after thing! Buy it, put it together and enjoy being the first on your block to live in the cutting-edge personal manufacturing future of tomorrow!

 

Fully Automatic

The MakerBot Thing-O-Matic 3D printer comes with a new larger MakerBot Automated Build Platform v2.0 that will keep printing and printing... Automatically!

Catch The Demo Video Here.

The MakerBot Automated Build Platform is truly a revolution in 3D printing. Updated to be larger for the Thing-O-Matic, it allows you to have a print queue where your machine will clear the build surface between builds by printing, then ejecting. It prints objects one after another, turning your MakerBot into a little high-production factory that sits on your desktop. Best of all, this is completely automated: you hit print, and the machine does all the work. Want to print 100 butterflies? Easy. Want to print an entire chess set? No problem. Want to start a business selling printed things that you've designed? Awesome. Have the MakerBot Thing-O-Matic 3D printer do all the work while you design new things.

 

Extremely Reliable

 

The MakerBot Thing-O-Matic 3D printer comes with the MakerBot MK5 plastruder which will give you thousands of hours of trouble-free printing.

 

We've invested many hours into designing, testing, and tweaking the MK5 plastruder. The result is an extruder that is extremely reliable, and very simple to maintain. The hot end on this extruder is essentially unbreakable and the filament drive system is one of the strongest on the market. We've run this thing for more than a thousand hours with minimal maintenance. Changing the filament is a breeze with the filament pressure thumb screw. You can even hot-swap the filament mid-print!

 

Higher Quality

 

We've completely overhauled the drive system to give the optimum positioning accuracy. The entire system has been upgraded to sturdy 3/8" diameter linear shafting, which is overkill, but you can trust that the axes will be sturdy and straight. We've also switched to self-aligning, sintered brass bearings. These are very forgiving to DIY assembly and provide a nice, smooth motion on the steel shafts. Last, but not least we've completely replaced the Z axis with a stepper driven, cantilevered stage. Guided by two of the linear shafts, this completely eliminates any Z wobble and results in nicely aligned layers. Using a high-angle lead screw, we were able to increase the speed of the Z axis from 150mm/minute to 1000mm/minute. That's more than 6 times the speed! This means the layer changes are almost completely imperceptible and blobbing is significantly reduced for smoother prints.

 

Easier to Use

 

Connect to the MakerBot Thing-O-Matic 3D printer over USB and hit print—the machine will self-detect its position and start printing!

 

The new MakerBot Gen4 Electronics have been designed to make the printing experience easier than ever. The motherboard now sports an integrated USB port, so you simply plug the MakerBot in with a standard USB cable. We've also added full endstop support so that you never need to touch the XYZ axes ever again. When you hit print, the MakerBot Thing-O-Matic 3D printer will automatically home itself, heat up, and begin printing. All you have to do is sit back and relax while your MakerBot does all the work. Living in the future is awesome. Oh yeah, and the electronics are all inside, so you don't have wires dangling everywhere. This also makes travelling on the subway with your MakerBot stress-free.

 

The MakerBot Thing-O-Matic 3D printer kit is available for $1225 and has a 7 week lead time. Order a MakerBot Thing-O-Matic 3D printer and get the latest in personal manufacturing technology!

 

You'll get:

* Makerbot Plastruder MK5

* MakerBot Automated Build Platform v.2.0

* The lasercut parts to assemble a Thing-O-Matic CNC machine.

* 3 x NEMA 17 motors

* The hardware to assemble it.

* Belts and pulleys 

* Smooth Rods and Drive system components

* Pre-assembled 4th Generation Electronics

* a USB cable to talk to it

* cat5e and rainbow cables to wire things up

* a standard ATX power supply

* a tools kit with all the hex keys, wrenches, and other bits you need to construct it.

* SD card to buffer your prints

* 1lb of MakerBot ABS Plastic to print with

 

Full instructions and documentation will be released on the day we start shipping this kit in mid-November. 

 

Some tech specs on the Thing-O-Matic:

 

* Interface: Print through USB or print from SD card

* Size: 300 x 300 x 410 mm (12″ W x 12″ D x 16″ H)

* Build Area: 96 x 108 mm

* Build Height: 115 mm

* Generation 4 Electronics

* Supports up to 5 stepper drivers (XYZ + A/B)

* Connect over USB (no more FTDI cable)

* Optional LCD interface support (Not included)

* Full mechanical endstop support

* High current mosfets to drive heated build platform and extruder heater

* Thermocouple support for more accurate temperature sensing

* 500W Hercules ATX power supply

* Works with both 110v and 220v power

* Theoretical XY Positioning resolution of 0.02mm (20 microns or 0.0008″)

* Theoretical XY Maximum Feedrate of up to 5000mm/minute (roughly 200 IPM)

* Theoretical Z Positioning resolution of 0.005mm (5 microns / or 0.0002″)

* Theoretical Z Positioning Feedrate of up to 1000mm/minutes (roughly 40 IPM)

* Capable of printing with ABS and PLA